Shade-holder



R. R. RUNDELI..

SHADE HOLDER. I APPLICATION FILED lAUG.20. 1919.

1,370,671 s Patented-Mar.- 8, 1921.

J'ig-l witness UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. j

RAYMOND R. RUNDELL, OF EL'MIRA, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO VERNE i A. HOLLENBECK, OF HAMMONDSPORT, NEW YORK.

SHADE-HOLDER.

Patented Mar. 8, 1921.

Application Med August 20, 1919. Serial No.` 318,751.

T 0 all whom t mez-y concern:

Be it known that I, RAYMOND R. RUNDELL, a citizeny of the United States, residing at Elmira, in the county of Chemung and State of NewYork, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shade-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements Vin holders for lamp shades and the like, and particularly to elements lof the holder for securing the shade in position so that excessive vibration l such as is produced on street cars, or other moving bodies, will not unlock the shade from the holder.

Ain-object of my invention is to provide a holder of the character above indicated of a minimum number of parts capable of being easily and cheaply manufactured, and adapted for a quick and secure assemblage with the shade which it is to support.

Further objects and advantages of the details of the invention will apnear from the description in connection with the ac companying drawings to be hereinafter set forth.

The invention consists of structural char` acteristics and relative arrangements of elements which will be hereinafter more fully described and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings, in which similar ref erence characters indicate the same parts in the several figures Figure 1 is an lelevation view, partly broken away, of a shade holder embodying my invention; l

Fig. 2 is a plan view, partly in section, taken on line II-II of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a detail sectional view of part of the holder showing the holding means in a position to permit the placing of a. shade in position, or removal thereof, and

Fig. f1 is a section on line IV-IV of Fig; 2. i

In the drawings 10, is the holder adapted to be mounted preferably by vmeans of threads 10 and in the usual manner. The holder 10 is provided on its depending section with a plurality of apertures 11 through which balls 12, of any suitable material, as

fiber or hard rubber, may project. balls 12 are of larger diameter than the apertures 11, so they cannot pass or fallV through them, but when they .are pressed j The In order to render the balls 12 operative for holding a shade in the holder, a channeled sleeve 13 having openings 14. therein is rotatably mounted upon the depending section'of the holder 10 and rests upon a flange 15 of the holder. The openings 1/1 of the sleeve 13 correspond in number and relative position to the apertures 11 in the holder and are of sufficient size at one end to permit the balls 12 to pass through; from this large portion of the opening it isV gradually tapered to the other end. The sleeve 13 is provided with a slot 13 in its lower edge as shown in Fig. 2, for purposes of permitting the holder to be assembled as will befhereinafter explained and is corrugated aloug the edges of each of the openings 14: near the small end of it, as shown at 15', in order to securely lock the balls in l place, as will hereinafter be set forth.

To assemble the holder, a spring 16 is placed in the sleeve 13, after which thesleeve 13 having itsslot 13 registering with the lug 17, is dropped over the holder and turned until said spring 16 has been compressed between. lugs 1"(v and 18, which have been struck out from the holder and in from the sleeve respectively. When the spring 16 has been sufficiently compressed as to bring the largeends of openings 14 in the lsleeve 13, coincident with the apertures 11 in the holder 10, the balls 12 may be inserted, after which ythe sleeve may be released and the spring will automatically actuate the elements constituting the holder to the position shown in Fig. 2.

The last opera-tion in the construction of the holder is to punch out a lip or projection 19, in the holder which engages in a slot in the rotatable sleeve 13 to provide' a limit of travel Vforthe sleeve so that the large part of. the opening 111, cannotv be broughtbaek in line withthe apertures 11 and permitthe balls to fall out and also prevents* the sleeve 13, from becoming yseparated or disassembled'from theholder.' l

The operation of the device is as follows:

The normal position of the parts is as shown" in Figs. 1 and 2 oi the, drawing. In order to position a shade S, in a holder or remove it therefrom, it is necessary to partially turn or rotate the sleeve 13 in a clockwise direction against the pressure ofthe spring 16, thereby permitting the balls 12 to have more freedom in the openings 14 of the sleeve, so

they'can beV retracted suiiiciently from the apertures 11 in the holder to permit the insertion of the shade, as indicated in Fig. 3, a portion of the" shade S, being shown in broken lines. Upon inserting the shade S, and releasing the sleeve 13, the spring 16,

will actuate the sleeve in a counter-clockwiseV direction positioning a narrower part of the openings 14, over the balls 12, and forcing them into engagement with the shade S, and securely lockingit in place. The 4corruga- 'tions 15', along the edge of the sleeve 13,

are provided, if desired, and tend toforce the balls toV exert a greater pressure on the shade S, than the spring 16 would normally produce and also look the same in po sition, so that excessive vibration will not affect the holder in the least.

It will be seen from the foregoing disclosure that I have provided a particularly' simple and adaptable construction for the purposes set lforth andV ofV such form and size as to be utilized with any standard form of lamp or shade holders without in any way affecting the usual appearance or design adopted lby the many manufacturers of this class of devices.

In u the drawings there is indicated a holder employing three sets of apertures 11 and coperating balls 12, and onespring 16,

however any' desired number of apertures through, balls adapted to project through said apertures, and a movable sleeve mounted on the outer side offsaid holder adapted to position said balls against said holder within its apertures by the movement of said sleeve to engage a lamp shade.

2. A lamp shade carrier comprising an annularholder, a pluralityot balls carried by said holder adapted to entend inwardly from'the holder, and means rotatable on the balls inv'vardly to-engage a lamp shade,

3, A Vlamp shade carrier comprising a holder,"elements "carried by said holder adaptedto extend inwardly therefrom forV coupling ay lamp shade inserted within said holder,` and Ameanseomprising la sleeve car- ,outer side of saidholder-for forcing said ried by and rotatable on the outer side of the holder so constructed, arranged andadapted to' force saidV elements in to engagement `with the lamp shade-by rotation ofsaid sleeve.

4.' A lamp shade carrier comprising aV holden-.movable elements carried by the holder adaptedto' extendl inwardly therefrom, and a movable sleeve carried by and on the outer'side of said holder so constructed, arranged and adapted to force said movableelcmentsinwardly to engagea lamp shade.

5. A lamp shade carrier comprisingV aV holder, movablev elements. carried .by ,the

holder i from, a ,movableV sleeve carried byY and on the outer'side of said holdermeans between the holder andsleeve for causing the sleeve adaptedV to extend inwardly thereto normallyengagesaid movable elements'- and force them,V inwardly to engage a lamp shade.

6. A lamp shadeu- Ycarrieracomprising yan annular-,holder provided with a pluralityjof openings, a sleeve provided witha plurality.V

ot',V openings and movably supported on the outer side of said holder, balls loosely supported. within the openings of said holder and sleeve, said openings in said holder and sleeve constructed and arrangedl to retain thev balls on the holder-andpermit them to readily move from or toward the center. of

the annular holder. Y

7. A device of the character described comprising a holder, elements carried bythe yholder adapted toV extend inwardly therefrom, a rotatable sleeve carried by said holder, openings in said sleeve through whichsaid elements project, means for'forcing said elements inwardly by rotating Said sleeve.

8. A device oi- :the character described comprising a holder, movable and independent elements Vcarried bythe holderV adapted .to extend inwardly therefrom, aV

sleeve carried by and rotatable on said holder, said'sleeve having Vtapered openings through which said elements are adapted to project and so constructed and arrangedV that by rotating said sleeve in onedirection the tapered edge ofthe openings will `force said elements inwardly to engage a body Vinserted within the holder. i

9. In the device set forth in claim 8, means tween the holder and sleeve for rotating the comprising eorrugations in the sleeve along Vsleeve to force the elements inwardly. the edge of the tapered opening for rigidly l1. In the device Set forth in claim 8, 10 locking the elements carried by the holder means for limiting the distance said sleeve .5 in their inner position. l can be rotated.

10. In the device set forth in claim 8, In testimony WhereoI aflix my signature. means comprising a spring mounted be- RAYMOND R. RUNDELL. 

